As December steams steadily towards the holidays, we are once again faced with that age-old question: What should we wear to the holiday office party? Choosing a professional-but-not-dowdy look is hard enough during the workweek – add festive to the equation and outfitting yourself suddenly seems impossible. However, festivity and professionalism do not have to be mutually exclusive. Somewhere...

The holiday season has become all about what to buy for your loved ones. Are you planning to get a new iPhone for your boyfriend? A new 3D TV for your family? A gift for yourself of a new pair of shoes? While these are all great gifts we have recently been inspired by our friends at Stop Studios to...

Sending “snail” mail may be less common than it used to be but that is no reason to take a casual approach when crafting and mailing professional correspondence. When it comes to being the polished professional that you are make sure you know what an envelope should look like. After all you don’t want your mail to be the...

In an informal setting, I was talking to a colleague old enough to be my dad. In fact, he has a daughter just a couple of years younger than I am. He’s very proud of her because she’s involved in so many extracurricular activities, events, projects, and groups in her community. But, what he said next surprised me: He...

People love the idea of magic. The Hobbit, a fantasy novel published in 1937, has never been out of print. When the first Harry Potter book hit the bookstores in 1997, it quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. But it’s not just characters in books filled with witches and wizards who have magical powers. While you might not qualify for admittance...

So you have just aced your interview. You shake what you are sure will be your future employer’s hand and walk out of the office with a smile plastered across your face. But then it hits you, “What if I am not the only one who had such a great interview?” Now is not the time to sit back and...

Are you thinking about making a change in career? Does it involve going back to school? Aimee Flynn, the Director of Career Services at The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham, gives us some guidance about how to approach the switch. Step 1: Hunt and Gather. As with any new endeavor, it’s important to start with what I call “the Hunting and...

What is development? Simply put – it’s professional growth. For anyone beginning a career with a company, large or small, the sooner you realize you are the best champion of your own professional growth, the better. No company, supervisor, human resources employee or mentor will top what you can do for your own career. Make managing your own career...

Why do we deny the plain truth of what we hear? “You know,” my Iranian boyfriend said as we lay squished together on his twin bed. “I don’t think I’m the kind of man who could ever marry an American. I just wasn’t raised that way. I always believed that one day I would return home and marry one...

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